EPISODE · Sep 6, 2012 · 4 MIN
ScienceCast 77: Weird Planets
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Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planers orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought.
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Once, astronomers thought planets couldn't form around binary stars. Now Kepler has found a whole system of planers orbiting a double star. This finding shows that planetary systems are weirder and more abundant than previously thought.
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ScienceCast 77: Weird Planets
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